I’ve been working my way through Caritas in Veritate for what seems like forever now. And even though I’m halfway through, I already know that
Guest post by J.C. For some unknown reason, it seems like everyone is jumping on the “GHOST” bandwagon. I can’t turn on the television without seeing
This month, hundreds of college students and recent grads — many of them aspiring politicians — will flock to the nation’s capital for coveted government-related
Women’s religious orders have been on a divergent path, mirroring the same divide among the Catholic faithful, for some time. The division finally reached a
Have you ever sent a tweet only to have someone criticize you for it? That’s what happened the other day. I found a message in
Last week The Daily Caller broke the news feature about the Labor Department attempting to ban farm chores. When I alerted my dad who is a life-long
Greetings brothers and sisters in Christ! My name is Abigail C. Reimel, and I am a Catholic teenager striving to serve God in all things.
Pope about The Pope Mnsgr Pope recently quoted some remarks the Pope made to the US Bishops during their ad limina visit. One thing that struck
Guest post from Mr. Jose Trasancos Just ask my wife – I tend to communicate with certain efficiency. I don’t waste words. Euthanasia, ‘mercy killing’,
I sometimes sing Toby Keith’s song “Beer For My Horses” to get on my sister’s nerves: “Grand pappy told my pappy back in my day
In the ongoing battle against the forces of evil, I think that many Catholics forget to be merciful towards the “killers” of our society. We
The late Russell Kirk may be numbered among my favorite political philosophers. Not everything which he wrote was good, but much of what he did
When Stacy announced this symposium on Mercy and Killing, two words sprang immediately to mind: Capital Punishment. Perhaps it’s the years I spent as an
I was an atheist. I didn’t believe in God and tried to convince those who did that they were stupid for doing so. If you
Guest post by Dr. Ty Meyer There are times in our lives when everything turns upside down, when the world seems to be spinning out
I’ve been mulling over the idea of mercy killing and euthanasia for three days now, wondering what to write about, wondering what I thought about
As he lay in his hospital crib, the newborn’s parents were warned that his mind and body would be limited because of cerebral palsy. His mom wrote
I have a deep love of Algeria. Which is weird, considering I’ve never visited, never heard much about it, and couldn’t tell you anything besides
It should be noted to our readers that the subject of mercy killing was the instigation of the “Mercy and Killing” symposium here at IGNITUM
“In the beginning was the Word, and Word was with God, and the Word was God. ” Words are intensely powerful, most likely because they
I’ll make this article short and get straight to the point: Euthanasia is the deliberate killing of a person’s life, and so is murder. Yes,
